Ei
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Ei. Necklace consisting of small yellow pupu (shell) rengarenga (Yellow necklace-shell, Orobophana pacifica), raroara (Yellow ear-shell, Melampus luteus), and ua (seeds) mata koviriviri (Red-bead tree, Adenanthera pavonina). The pupu and ua are bored and strung in a pattern on nylon taura tautai (fishing line) in groupings of 10-30 pupu rengarenga alternating with 1 pupu raroara in between 1 mata koviriviri on either side. Ei is long and can be worn looped once.
Accession number: 1981.116 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Necklace (English)
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- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
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1981.116
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02 Apr 1981
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49203 (ethnology)
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